As Telangana is gearing up for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state, Asaduddin Owasi, the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) supremo has taken a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his allegations that AIMIM fields candidates wherever Congress contests BJP (Bharatiya Jantana Party) by taking money from the saffron party, asking how much it took to back the UPA government in 2003 on the nuclear deal with the United States.Owaisi takes a swipe at Rahul Gandhi over his claims against AIMIMTaking it to X, Owasi slammed Rahul Gandhis defeat from the Amethi Lok Sabha Constituency, questioning him Did you lose the Amethi election for free or did you get paidBechare @RahulGandhi ye bataiye ke1. 2008 Nuclear deal mein UPA ko support karne ke liye humne kitne paise liye the2. Andhra mein Kiran Kumar Reddy ki sarkar ko no confidence motion mein support karne ke liye kitne paise mile the3. Pranab Mukherjee ko presidential election… https://t.co/LkTXR6hued— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) November 1, 2023Someone please tell dear Rahul Gandhi, how much money did we take to support the UPA in 2008 on the nuclear deal with the US In Andhra, how much money was spent to support Kiran Kumar Reddys government during the no-confidence motion. How much money did I get to convince Jagan Mohan Reddy to support Pranab Mukherjee for the presidential post the AIMIM chief wrote in Hindi.“Since 2014, till now, you have only lost, I am not responsible for this, he added.What did Rahul Gandhi sayMeanwhile, on Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi made a big claim against Owaisi-led AIMIM stating that the party fields candidates by taking money from BJP wherever Congress contests BJP.Addressing a poll rally at Kalwakurthy in Telangana, Gandhi said, Wherever we go to fight the elections... Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tripura, wherever Congress party fights with BJP, AIMIM party takes money from BJP and puts up candidates there.”Notably, the AIMIM has never contested elections in Assam and Tripura and is contesting assembly elections for the first time in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.Moreover, Owaisi through a couplet of distinguished Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, jibed at the Wayanad MP, saying that the leader rants and raves in ecstasy.Bak raha huun junun men kya kya kuch, kuch na samjhe khuda kare koi, wrote Owaisi which means - Lord I pray that no one comprehends, all that I rant and rave in ecstasy.Telangana will go for Assembly elections on November 30 and counting of votes, along with those of four other poll-bound states, has been scheduled for December 3.
